How to Use phytoplankton in a Sentence

phytoplankton

noun

• In the spring, as the ice melts and sunlight hits the water, the sea blooms with phytoplankton, the anchor of marine life and the base of the ocean’s food web.
  — Author: Simon Denyer, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Feb. 2020
• Yet the clouds of phytoplankton that fill the oceans are the major drivers of that process in nature.
  — Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 July 2023
• Half of the oxygen we as humans breathe comes from the phytoplankton that lives in our oceans.
  — Stefanie Blendis, CNN, 28 Mar. 2022
• The turquoise is thought to be due to an explosive growth in phytoplankton known as a bloom.
  — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 16 June 2017
• Iron dust in the oceans could feed phytoplankton that would then pull carbon dioxide out of the air.
  — Michael Birnbaum, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2023
• The phytoplankton could also wreak havoc on the rest of the ecosystem.
  — Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 10 Apr. 2018
• The defecated iron then stimulates the growth of tiny phytoplankton, which in turn feed the krill, which in turn feed the whales, and so on.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2021
• Bacteria thrived on the dead phytoplankton, adding to the mat’s mass.
  — Jenna Scatena, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2021
• This type of phytoplankton can bloom fast when there are changes to the amount of light and nutrients available.
  — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 22 June 2023
• Krill eat the phytoplankton, and animals like seals, fish, and penguins eat the krill.
  — Allison Chinchar, CNN, 7 May 2022
• The algae bloom is filled with glowing phytoplankton that lights up when the microorganisms tumble down the face of waves at and near the shore.
  — Gary Robbins, latimes.com, 9 May 2018
• Iron is one of the key nutrients that tiny phytoplankton organisms in the ocean need to thrive.
  — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 15 July 2019
• As the sea ice melts, ice algae and phytoplankton are released into the sea.
  — Arwa Damon, CNN, 8 June 2019
• When there’s no ice, there are still later blooms of phytoplankton.
  — Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times, 15 Sep. 2019
• In roughly a third of the ocean, iron is so rare that its absence can hinder the growth of diatoms and other phytoplankton.
  — Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2020
• Ocean ecosystems are finely balanced and any change in the phytoplankton will send ripples across the food chain.
  — Jack Guy, CNN, 12 July 2023
• The study on marine phytoplankton is the first to look at changes over the last century at a global scale with data from as far back as 1899.
  — Jess McNally, WIRED, 28 July 2010
• Allen’s grandson, Henry Allen Brubaker, 86, hand-cranked a bucket down through a cutout in the pier to scoop up some phytoplankton.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2022
• And scientists have found that whale poop is a feast for phytoplankton near the ocean surface, which suck multiple forests’-worth of CO2 from the air and sequester it in the deep.
  — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 29 Jan. 2020
• Chami found out that whales may be able to store nine tons of carbon in their body by eating phytoplankton, their main food source.
  — Jason Nark, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2019
• So adding more iron to the oceans, the theory goes, would lead to more phytoplankton and more carbon being pulled from the atmosphere.
  — New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
• Expedition guides then link that awe back to the food web, and the audience realizes the scale of all the phytoplankton.
  — Citizen Science Salon, Discover Magazine, 8 June 2019
• Tiny phytoplankton in the ocean generate half of the oxygen produced on Earth.
  — Scott Denning, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2019
• Officials believe the June 2 sewage spill might have contributed to a phytoplankton bloom in the creek.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2022
• The high seas are home to a wealth of biodiversity, from tiny phytoplankton up to massive blue whales.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2023
• Blooms of the ice algae — known as phytoplankton — spread through a less-salty band of water close to the surface, which also was rich in other forms of algae.
  — Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times, 15 Sep. 2019
• Remove the water from the stove and add ⅛ teaspoon dill oil (about 16 drops from dropper) and ¼ teaspoon phytoplankton.
  — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 21 Apr. 2017
• The star is a marine algae called phytoplankton that emits flashes of blue light when disturbed.
  — Carter Evans, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2023
• Warmer water helps phytoplankton, microscopic plant-like organisms that form the base of the food web, bloom.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
• To remediate the issue, ecologists have to reduce the nutrients available to the algae and phytoplankton in order to curb their growth and allow fish to breathe easier.
  — Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024